seboso
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sebōsus. By surface analysis, sebo + -oso.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈbo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈbo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈbo.zu/ [sɨˈβo.zu]
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: se‧bo‧so
Adjective
seboso (feminine sebosa, masculine plural sebosos, feminine plural sebosas, metaphonic)
- covered in sebum
Noun
seboso m (plural sebosos, feminine sebosa, feminine plural sebosas, metaphonic)
- a filthy person
- Synonym: sujismundo
Further reading
- “seboso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “seboso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “seboso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “seboso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sebōsus. By surface analysis, sebo + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈboso/ [seˈβ̞o.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: se‧bo‧so
Adjective
seboso (feminine sebosa, masculine plural sebosos, feminine plural sebosas)
Noun
seboso m (plural sebosos, feminine sebosa, feminine plural sebosas)
Further reading
- “seboso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025